Shamrock Sugar Cookies

Shamrock Sugar Cookies are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any Irish Day occasion! Decorate these yummy cookies with Royal Icing in the natural Pearl White or colored with green food coloring. Finish with white or green pearl candy, sprinkles, mint covered almonds or any creative ideal fitting the Irish theme.

Shamrock
Cookie Cutter

Since my childhood, chewy, cutout cookies are one of my favorites but they take too much time. One day I found this wonderful Shamrock Cookie Cutter which meant the cutout cookie challenge began. Our first step was finding a chewy cutout cookie recipe. Step two was locating a recipe for an edible icing that hardens. A Google search uncovered Royal Icing which is a game changer! Where has it been all my life!

St. Patrick’s Day Cookies

Make
Ahead and Freeze

The time to make, bake, and decorate cookies can be time consuming. I manage these activities by first baking the cookies and freezing until the big day. Place cooled cookies in a single layer on a baking sheet, freeze, and place cookies in a freezer zip lock bag separated by wax paper. Take them out of the freezer to unthaw for an hour or overnight. Finish the Shamrock cutout cookies with Royal Icing and decorate.

St. Patrick’s Cookies

St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Sugar Cookies

When it is time to decorate your cookies, assemble your decorative items before making the Royal Icing. Divide the icing into small bowls adding green food coloring to one of the bowls. I like to complete one cookie at a time with first adding the icing and then decorate. This helps ensure there is variety among the finished cookies. Store the finished cookies in an air-tight container in a cool area. We hope you enjoy this recipe and will consider following Supper Plate. At the bottom of this page is an option to follow us via email. Thank you for supporting our cooking adventures!

Shamrock Sugar Cookies

Shamrock Sugar Cookies are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any Irish Day occasion! Decorate these yummy cookies with Royal Icing in the natural pearl white or colored with green food coloring. Finish with white or green pearl candy, sprinkles, mint covered almonds or any creative ideal fitting the Irish theme.

Prep Time1hr30mins

Cook Time7mins

Total Time1hr37mins

Course: Dessert, Holiday, St. Patrick’s Day

Servings: 40Cookies

Calories: 113kcal

Author: Bernice

Ingredients

3 1/2cupsBread Flour

1tspBaking Powder

1/2tspSalt

1cupMargarinesoftened

1cupWhite Sugar

½cupDark Brown Sugar

2Eggs

2tspVanilla

Instructions

Making the Shamrock Cookie Dough

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the margarine white sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in the eggs one at a time, and then stir in the vanilla.

Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients.

Cover dough, and chill for a couple of hours or overnight.

Making the Shamrock Cutout Cookies

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line baking pans with parchment paper.

On a clean floured surface roll out small portions of the chilled dough to about 1/4-inch thickness.

Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.

Bake 5 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown.

Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks

Decorate with Royal Icing and holiday sprinkles if so desired. They also store nicely without any icing until you need them.

Notes

Calories does not include the Royal Icing and decorations. Cookie size and thickness can change the calories.

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Author: Bernice

Cooking has always been a passion of mine with trying new recipes or adding a twist to an existing recipe. This blog contains some of our favorite healthier recipes but also contains decadent desserts and delicious meals that may not consider calorie count! So grab your favorite Supper Plate and enjoy our Cooking Adventure!
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Thank you! I always stayed away from cutout cookies due to the time they take. But managing them in steps make it enjoyable! I am planning on trying different types of recipes for each holiday. Right now I am focused on St. Patrick’s Day. 🙂

Thank you! They were wonderful! The meringue powder was easy to use. I have a hard time getting past egg whites not being cooked. I just ordered more through Amazon. I am going to try a lemon meringue pie.

Oooooh! You know, I’ve been desperately looking for an excuse to bake and ice cutout cookies – Easter and Christmas are too far away to justify that. But green shamrock cookies for St. Patrick’s Day… such a brilliant idea!